COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

May 14 – 17, 2007

Technology Tools for Teaching College Algebra
Roseanne Hofmann, Montgomery County Community College
Investigate a variety of tools for teaching college algebra topics. Learn how the Smartboard and TI-SmartView (TI-84 calculator emulator software) can be used to create class notes, worksheets and tests with screen captures, key presses, etc. Use Smartboards and personal response systems (clickers) to engage students in active learning and to assess understanding. Explore a variety of Applications for enhancing student understanding and investigate software that can be used for Modeling Data. Bring your information and build presentations that can be used in either face-to-face or online courses.
Tools for Creating Online and Hybrid Courses
Scott McDaniel, Middle Tennessee State University
Learn what must be considered/included when putting courses online or creating hybrid portions of courses. Integrate applets and interactive tools for tutorials, demonstrations, assignments, projects and conceptual explanations. Participants will learn to create movies of examples and explanations that can be distributed as CDs to students in a face-to-face class or uploaded to use on the web. Produce PowerPoint with audio and convert them to Flash movies. Investigate podcasting. Choose the course you want to put online and bring the course materials. Software includes WinPlot, Cam Studio, Snag It, Camtasia, Captivate and more.
How and Why to Use a CAS in Precalculus and Calculus
Randy Ledford, Dori Stanfield and Keith Thompson, Davidson County Community College
This course will focus on the issues of how and why to integrate a computer algebra system (CAS) in the precalculus and calculus courses. Participants will leave with the knowledge base to develop and implement tools associated with a CAS into their courses. Topics include but are not limited to functions and models of single and multiple variables, the derivative and its applications, the integral and its applications, and creating applets. Upon completion of the course, participants will have created lesson plans that incorporate CAS in a meaningful way. Technology tools to be investigated in this course will include TI-89, Maple 11, CBL, CBR, Geometer’s Sketch Pad, and GeoGebra.